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Beirut, Lebanon – On Sunday evening, Georges, 44, was sitting on his balcony in Ain Saadeh, a predominantly Christian area east of Beirut, when his phone rang in his kitchen. He walked over to answer it, and just as he picked up, a loud explosion shook the building behind him.Two US-made GBU-39 bombs crashed through the roof of the building directly facing his balcony, killing three people, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. The deceased were Pierre Moawad, a member of the anti-Hezbollah, Christian party the Lebanese Forces, his wife, Flavia, and a visiting friend named Roula Mattar.Recommended Stories…

Alexei Smirnov found guilty of taking bribes from firms contracted to build fortifications along Ukraine border.Published On 6 Apr 20266 Apr 2026A Russian court has jailed the former governor of Kursk in a high-profile corruption case linked to Ukraine’s incursion into the border region.Alexei Smirnov was sentenced on Monday to 14 years in a penal colony after being found guilty of failing to ensure strong fortifications along the border due to corruption.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listUkrainian troops captured large swathes of land in a surprise offensive launched in August 2024, encountering little resistance, due in part to…

AI systems are starting to move beyond simple responses. In many organisations, AI agents are now being tested to plan tasks, make decisions, and carry out actions with limited human input. It is no longer just about whether a model gives the right answer. It is about what happens when that model is allowed to act.Autonomous systems need clear boundaries. They need rules that define what they can access, what they are allowed to do, and how their actions are tracked. Without those controls, even well-trained systems can create problems that are hard to detect or reverse.One company working on…

At least 34 people have been killed, including six children, as the United States and Israel carried out massive attacks across Iran, targeting a top university as well as residential areas, after US President Donald Trump set a Tuesday deadline for Tehran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its power plants and bridges.The Fars news agency reported on Monday that an air attack killed 23 people, including four girls and two boys aged below 10 years, in Tehran province’s Baharestan County.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAt least five people were killed in an…

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – After a long day of ferrying passengers to and fro recently, e-hailing driver Nguyen was dejected to find he had spent half of his earnings on fuel.“I drove for around seven or eight hours, making around 240,000 Vietnamese dong [$9.11] and then I paid 120,000 Vietnamese dong [$4.56] on petrol,” Nguyen, a motorcyclist who connects with passengers via the locally developed super-app Be, told Al Jazeera, asking not to be identified by his real name.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“I can’t survive with this amount of money in the city.”In Vietnam, the…

The activists were protesting the alleged use of the RAF base as a departure point for US aircraft involved in the US-Israel war on Iran.Published On 5 Apr 20265 Apr 2026British police have arrested seven people on suspicion of supporting the banned group Palestine Action at a protest near a Royal Air Force (RAF) air base in eastern England used by United States forces.The five men and two women arrested at a peace encampment just outside the Lakenheath airbase had gathered with other activists on Sunday to protest the alleged use of the base as a departure point for US…

Health ministry data show children aged six months to five years with suspected measles symptoms soared to 6,476.Published On 5 Apr 20265 Apr 2026Bangladesh says it suspects measles has killed at least 98 children in the past three weeks, official data show, with the capital, Dhaka, ramping up vaccination efforts in the worst affected areas.Last week, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman directed two senior ministers to travel across the South Asian nation of 170 million people to assess the scale of the crisis to help coordinate a response.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listData from the Ministry of Health and…

Bahrain and the UAE also reported attacks resulting in fires, which were put out quickly.Kuwait has said Iranian drone attacks damaged two power and water desalination plants and sparked a fire at an oil complex, without causing injuries.Gulf countries have borne the brunt of Tehran’s response to the US and Israeli strikes on Iran since February 28.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listFatima Abbas Johar Hayat, a spokesperson for Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy, said on Sunday the “criminal aggression” caused “serious material damage” overnight to the two plants and the outage of two electricity-generating units.The…

Artificial intelligence is moving beyond software and further into the physical side of business. Companies in food production and logistics are starting to use data systems to support day-to-day decisions, not long-term planning.That change is visible in The Hershey Company’s latest strategy update. At its Investor Day, the company said it plans to use AI in its operations, from sourcing analytics to plant automation and fulfilment, with a focus on how the business runs behind the scenes.Hershey said it plans to apply AI to sourcing and fulfilment. This includes using data to guide how ingredients are bought and how products…

War in the Middle East is worsening economic crisis in Pakistan.Soon after the war between the US, Israel and Iran began, its ripple effects were evident.Pakistan stands out as one of the countries paying a heavy price.It’s heavily dependent on energy supplies from the Gulf.And with the Strait of Hormuz blocked, the government increased the fuel price twice in a month.The increases triggered mass protests, with people furious at the government’s decision to pass on the burden of higher costs.Why is Pakistan more vulnerable to the current crisis than other countries?Presenter: Rishaad SalamatGuests:Kaiser Bengali – Economist and former head of…